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Originally Posted by B13
Hi everyone,
I understand what you’re saying imfallenalgel! You’re review represents all the reasons why I won’t purchase this release. I believe it’s too expensive for its quality, especially when compared to other offers. I don’t believe that you’re confusing plastic quality and construction techniques as Pascal said. Keep in mind that people have different social skills and will attack your judgment (or just laugh at you) if they disagree with you, even if no one holds “the truth”. You’re new here and already releasing good and detailed reviews and comparisons; keep up the good work!
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Thanks, I didn't know that this place was that bad of a competition.
I've been a lurker on and off for years.
I've also been collecting toys for about 40 years, and have some of just about anything, including museum pieces. I "downplayed" my collection which is probably more around 4,000+, as I wanted more the point that compared to so many others, the plastic on this one IS cheap. If you have or seen the 2012 Bruticus, this plastic is about the same of those, but even cheaper.
Here's some quick phone shots of Jetfires for comparison. (I should have taken my DSLR out, but meh...too much trouble)
Robot mode, no accessories
With
Guardians/Gerwalk mode, whoops, one can't...
Plane mode
The old and the new
And for those that want a wiener fight about collections, here's just my office (quick and dirty)
This represent only a fraction of my collection... these are the ones I play with (my favourites that are smallish enough to pile up like this, and some of the ones I acquired in the last year) (I'm counting over 50 in just that last picture here)
My Soul of Chogokin collection that is bigger now (older picture),
and a bunch of others in in other rooms, plus a closet full of containers, plus many MIB. and that's just touching the surface.
So yeah.. I'm freaking clueless about plastic quality...
So anyways, my point is that
1) he looks very nice in robot mode,and the plane mode from the top
2) he is very expensive for the quality (which seems that he should have been a smaller figure)
3) his parts are honeycombed worse than the cyberjet version(the itsy-bitsy one) and the plastic a lot cheaper, and some parts could very easily be snapped if not careful during transformation.
4) he lacks functional details, such as moving parts for hands and feet.
Note that I created my account (finally after all these years) because of this guy.
I've been waiting for him for so many months, I had to run across the city, spend hours to locate one, and then to find out how cheap he is... as stated, I was quite peeved and "heartbroken" over it and wanted to prevent others to go through the same. I've stated my opinion, and it's up for anyone to decide if they believe that he's worth the 60$ (with tax).
I don't but then again, I might regret not having him if I would return him as he appears to be a scalper's dream as he sounds like he'll be hard to find, low production, etc. I may be wrong and they might go and mass produce him, lower the price, etc. and I'll kick myself later, but hey, it's a risk.. I missed out of a few because I hesitate.
